Quote #126

Only when one sees one's own mistakes with a convex lens and does just the reverse in the case of others, that one is able to arrive at a just relative estimate of the two. A Scrupulous and conscientious observance of this rule is necessary for one who wants to be a satyagrahi.

More from Mahatma Gandhi

  1. Ahimsa is the furthest limit of humility.
  2. A reformer cannot afford to have close intimacy with him whom he seeks to reform.
  3. So long as a man does not of his own free will put himself last among his fellow creatures, there is no salvation for him.
  4. Morality is the basis of things, and that truth is the substance of all morality.
  5. The only means for the realization of truth is ahimsa.
  6. A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
  7. Those who want to lead the people to satyagraha ought to be able to keep the people within the limited non-violence expected of them.
  8. A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

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